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> Keep in mind that a lot of the benefits go away once patients come off GLP-1 and we have not seen any studies yet on what happens to people who come off it for long term effects.

Not if they increase muscle mass and change their lifestyle, like every physician (and the FDA/pharma companies) recommend.

> It may in fact make things even worse and for a lot of people, they may have to stay on it for the rest of their lives.

It does not. And some people may.

You know what’s worse than taking a GLP-1 forever? Obesity or metabolic syndrome killing you before you get to “forever.”



> You know what’s worse than taking a GLP-1 forever? Obesity or metabolic syndrome killing you before you get to “forever.”

Bingo. Being obese has so many downstream effects. Anything that helps that is tremendous.




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